Wateb-elevator



llhllTEl) STATES' PATE@ lllflllQE.

J. W. GRAHAM AND J. M. TOPLIFF, OF PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS.

WATER-ELEVATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,767, dated July 9, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovvn that We, J. lll. Guai-mir and J. M. TorLirr, of Pittsfield,in county of like, in the State of illinois, have invented certain neuvand useful improvements in Apparatus for Raising Vater; and We do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisapplication.

Uur invention has for its objectto combine With a ivin'dlass elevatingapparatus a bucket or system of buckets in such manner that Water may beraised from the Well, or reservoir to any given height, andautomatically discharged into a suitable exit spout or trough.

Uur invention consists in the employment of a Windlass cylinder or rollhung loosely on a center shaf", in combination with a suitable clutchnear one end of said shaft and a system of gearing` near the other end,the whole so arrang d that by sliding the roll longitiuliniilly on thesaid shaft the roll will be caused to rotate in either of two directionswhile the shaft is rotated always in a given direction, as will bepresently described for purposes hereinafter explained.

@ur invention further consists in combining With an elevator orivindlass bucket, or s stein of buckets provided with valves andsuitable opening devices the Whole so arranged that the contents of thebucket will be automatically discharged when the bucket has reached theproper height as Will be hereinafter fully described.

Our invention further consists in the enr pl oyment in connection withthe sliding roll of a shipper bar or lever so arranged as to serve alsothe purpose of a brake to the Windlass as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

()ur invention further consists in the formation of alternately reversedscreiv threads, or helical grooves on the Windlass roll, in combinationwith central blanks, the former operating to guide the ropes and bringthe valve levers properly in contact with the latter as will behereinafter fully describech Our invention further consists in soconstructing a bucket for raising the Water With a valve, or valves asthat the buckets shall till by its descent through the Water and can bedischarged through same orifice or valve openings as will behereinafter' fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, Wewill proceed to describe the construction and operation of our improvedapparatus for raising Water, referring by letters to the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification and in Which- Figure l. is aperspective view of the Wellhouse and apparatus-F 2. is a frontelevation of the same with the Well-house removed t0 shou'T the fixturemore clearly- Fig. 3. is perspective view of geared end of windlass,shaft, and operating handle-Fig. 1l. is a partial vertical section ofroll and shaft with gearing, With motion of roll illustrated in redlines (to be particularlyl alluded to liereiiiaftei')-Fig. is a verticalsection at ai. Fig. 2. F 6. is a side elevation of another modificationof Windlass adapted to the employment of one bucket only-Fig. 7. isperspective view of clutch end of shaft and Windlass, and S. is verticalsection of one of the buckets.

In the several figures the same let-ter indicates the same part of theapparatus.

A, is the well-house, or covering which may be constructed after anysuitable fashion and in which is hung in suitable bearing the horizontalshaft a, Which is provided at one end (outside of the Well house AJ withan ordinary crank handle Z), and immediately adjacent to said handle Z),there is secured on said shaft a', a ratchet Wheel c, with which engagesa paivl (Z.

On the shaft a, hung concentrically and so as to turn loosely thereon, acylinder or roll l, around Which Wind the ropes.y or cords D, Whichcarry the buckets E. Said cylinder B, is constructed with a. metalliccap piece C, at one end, which has an annular flange e, which fits intothe slot of shipper and brake lever F, and said cap C, is also providedwith an internal gear g, (see Figs. 3, t and 5) into which meshes apinion f, that is hung on a fixed shaft, or stud fr, projecting from theside of the Well house A. The said pinion j', is geared With a pinionz', which is keyed onto the shaft o.

On the end of roll B, opposite to that on Which is plate C, there issecured a clutch piece G, which can be made to engage With the clutchpin Z, in shaft a. (See Figs. 2 and 7.)

m, are the grooves in surface of Windlass and n, are the blanks or plainsurfaces in Contact with which come the button heads 0,

of the valve levers of buckets. The windlass shown at Fig. 6, has onlyone set of reversed grooves and one blank n, being adapted to onebucket.

The bucket E, we propose to make of cast iron or wood and iron combined,in the bottom is formed a discharge spout 7J, the throat, of which isclosed inside by a valve s, (see F ig. S) which is opened by means ofrod q, which is connected to one end of the vibrating arm t, to theother end of which arm is coupled the rod u, attached to said valve S.In the bottom of the bucket E, is formed a hole r, which is furnishedwith a valve fw, inade as an ordinary flap valve.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the windlass roll B, is shown with the cap C, in gear,when the operation is as follows viz: the shaft a, being rotated bymeans of handle b, in the direction indicated by the arrow at Figs. land 2 the pinion z', drives the pinion f, in an opposite direction andsaid pinion f,meshing' into the internal gear g drives the roll B, inthe same direction as shaft a. IVhen it is desired to reverse the motionof the roll B, the operator takes hold of lever or shipper F, and slidesthe roll B longitudinally on shaft a, in the direction indicated byarrow at Fig. 2, and into position shown in red at Fig. 4, whereby thegear g is disengaged from pinion f, which always remains in the sameplace, and the clutch G, is engaged with the clutch pin l, when the rollB, .i locked to shaft a, and rotates with it and in an oppositedirection to that in which it moved, when the gear g, was in gear withpinion f. At F ig. 4L, the black lines show one position of the roll B,on shaft a, and the red lines show the other.

In Fig. 2 one of the buckets is shown down and the other up with its rodg, in contact with the blank n, of windlass. It will be understood that4when the button 0, comes in contact with the roll at a, the rod g, isdepressed which through the medium of the arm raises rod u and opens thevalve S, which allows the water in bucket E, to flow out through spoutp, from whence it is'discharged into a trough extending through the sideof the well-house (not seen in the drawn ing).

AIt will be seen that by hanging the shipper F in the manner shown, anddescribed, it l also serves as a brake to create the necessary frictionon roll B, when it is desired to let the bucket run down.7

By forming the grooves m in the manner shown the cords I), are preventedfrom becoming displaced, or entangled, and the buckets are alwaysbrought up level and with their rods g, immediately beneath the blanksn.

It will be understood that the form of the buckets may be varied at thewill of the constructor and that various modiiications of constructionin detail may be resorted towithout departing from our invention.

The ratchet and pawl c, cZ, it will be seen operate with the same effectno matter which way the roll B is turning.

Having described the construction and operation of our improvedapparatus what we claim therein as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is- .1. In combination with the shaft a, the loose roll B, andgears z', f, g, and clutch G, N, the whole constructed and operatingsubstantially as described for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the windlass having reversed helical grooves, withthe cords and water bucket and the device for opening the valve ofbucket7 the whole arranged and operating as described for the purposeset forth.

3. In combination with the elevating and automatically dischargingbucket and grooved windlass, the blank n, as and for the purposespecified.

4. Constructing the bucket with a mouth piece p, in combination with itsvalve and opening mechanism and a filing valve in center of bucketsbottom as hereinbefore described for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and aiiXed our sealsthis 14th day of February 1861.

Jas. w. GRAHAM. J. M. roPLirr.

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